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  view online NATIVE VOICEHawaii has its own indigenous language and KGMB9 television has begun to broadcast it.

Movie productions aimed at highlighting our Hawaiian Royalty and history have become increasingly popular. In 2002, it was announced that Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, a non Hawaiian, would star in a movie about Kamehameha, and now another non-Hawaiian Q’orianka Kilcher, … Continue reading →

Honouliuli was one of the less well known WWII internment camps. It was located in the arid ‘Ewa plains in a valley so hot, it was given the name, jigoku dani, or Hell Valley.  In 2002, the Japanese Cultural Center … Continue reading →

A young local playwright known for her creative style and use of pidgin in screenplays has died in a tragic freeway accident. Lisa Matsumoto was responsible for many children’s books based on local themes, using Hawaiian plants and animals in … Continue reading →

Mayumi Watanabe was a bright but quiet young girl from Sado Island, Niigata prefecture, Japan. She came to Hawai’i in February 2007 and was last seen on April 12, 2007 near her host family’s residence in Pūpūkea, North Shore, O’ahu.  … Continue reading →

A 19-year old half-Korean was confirmed to be among the dead during Monday’s shooting rampage at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg, Virginia. The girl, identified as Mary Karen Read, was killed during a campus massacre that left 33 people dead, … Continue reading →

I purposefully did not want to sensationalize the terrible news coverage from Virginia.  I knew that when I first heard the shooter was "Asian" that this was going to turn into a "race circus". We now know that the shooter … Continue reading →

Don Ho was one of the first entertainers to receive worldwide attention for Hawai`i, it’s Hawaiian people, and their culture.  I think this was a good thing for Hawai`i for the most part.  Although Hawaiians are still sometimes considered only … Continue reading →

Uncle Tommy was a great Hawaiian warrior in the strictest sense. Many of the privileges I have had as a native Hawaiian are due to his steadfast efforts.  He was a gentle man with a big heart who fought for … Continue reading →

Nearly sixty five years ago to this date, my great grandfather was forcefully taken from his home in front of his loving family and away from a prosperous balcksmith business in Hale`iwa, O`ahu, to the arid and isolated piece of land … Continue reading →